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Not everything you disagree with is a crackpot analysis. >The BMJ is a weekly peer-reviewed medical trade journal, published by the trade union the British Med
by jimmydorry 6y ago
Not everything you disagree with is a crackpot analysis.
>The BMJ is a weekly peer-reviewed medical trade journal, published by the trade union the British Medical Association (BMA). The BMJ has editorial freedom from the BMA. It is one of the world's oldest general medical journals. [1]
>Peter Doshi is an associate editor at said journal. He completed a fellowship in comparative effectiveness research at Johns Hopkins and received his Ph.D. in history, anthropology, and science, technology and society from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [2]
I could not quote the entire article, but as we all know, failing to quote any of it usually ends up with a majority not being aware of any content within the article.
The key finding is that further investigation is required into the substantial portion of people with COVID-like symptoms that occured in both the experimental and placebo groups, which has not been adequately analyzed.
The entire article addressed VE (measured by calculating the risk of disease among vaccinated and unvaccinated persons and determining the percentage reduction in risk of disease among vaccinated persons relative to unvaccinated persons) and showed the raw numbers which allows anyone else to reach the same calculation result.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BMJ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BMJ
[2] https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/editorial-staff/peter-doshi https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/editorial-staff/peter-doshi
- sterlind 6y agoYou compared 95% (the Pfizer efficacy number) to 29% (the relative risk reduction number calculated by that article.) That is incorrect. You should acknowledge that.
- jimmydorry 6y agoI originally said it looks closer to 30% than 95% based on the limited data we have available, which anyone can do using the data in the article (and can even take a step further verify that these numbers came from the FDA's report). Vaccine Effectiveness (as defined by the CDC [1]) is calculated by: (Risk among unvaccinated group − risk among vaccinated group) / Risk among unvaccinated group Vaccine participants: 18198 Placebo: 18325 Confirmed COVID on vaccine: 8 Confirmed COVID on placebo: 162 Suspected COVID on vaccine (excl. Within 7 days of dose): 1185 Suspected COVID on placebo (excl. Within 7 days of dose): 1407 VE = ( (1569 / 18325) - (1193 / 18198) ) / (1569 / 18325) = 23.43% [1] https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson3/section6.html https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson3/section6.html